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I completely agree with Helen Johnston, that cording is an issue for the surgical/oncological team whose therapy has caused it. In Chani Smith's example her cording was a post-operative complication, thus not primarily the responsibility of GPs, who as she states know little if anything about it and would need to refer to secondary care for treatment. It would be good if she raised the issue with oncology/surgical teams re advice to patients during their treatment at a hospital.

I had a similar problem post chemotherapy with venosclerosis of veins, caus...

I completely agree with Helen Johnston, that cording is an issue for the surgical/oncological team whose therapy has caused it. In Chani Smith's example her cording was a post-operative complication, thus not primarily the responsibility of GPs, who as she states know little if anything about it and would need to refer to secondary care for treatment. It would be good if she raised the issue with oncology/surgical teams re advice to patients during their treatment at a hospital.

I had a similar problem post chemotherapy with venosclerosis of veins, causing the same effect as cording, i.e. tightening and pain with restriction of movement as the veins died and fibrosed. Unfortunately, I had to rely on Dr Google to provide a very helpful paper from the BMJ for my diagnosis and advice re treatment, as my oncologist told me he had never seen this. I raised the issue with my local oncology department and provided them with some advice re diagnosis and prevention.

I think it is rather unfair to conclude that there is a failure in GP education regarding cording. Why not a failure of the breast team to educate patients? As a patient with breast cancer, I was made aware of the possibility of both cording and lymphoedema by the breast team prior to surgery, and was told if I had any problems to contact my breast cancer care nurse directly. As a GP, I do ...

I think it is rather unfair to conclude that there is a failure in GP education regarding cording. Why not a failure of the breast team to educate patients? As a patient with breast cancer, I was made aware of the possibility of both cording and lymphoedema by the breast team prior to surgery, and was told if I had any problems to contact my breast cancer care nurse directly. As a GP, I do get rather tired of every specialist interest demanding that GPs should be educated about their particular issue, rather than recognising that complications related to a super-specialised interest should be dealt with by the specialist team.

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